November 1980
Atlas Discovery
Voyager science imagery identifies the small Saturnian moon later named Atlas.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Saturn in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Voyager science imagery identifies the small Saturnian moon later named Atlas.
Voyager 1 images reveal the complex braided appearance of Saturn's narrow F ring.
Voyager measurements refine Saturn's rotation period using radio and atmospheric observations.
Voyager imaging shows small moons gravitationally confining material around Saturn's F ring.
Voyager 1 measures Saturn's magnetic field during the close flyby.
Voyager 1 images Saturn's rings and reveals intricate ring structure.
Voyager 1 flies past Saturn and studies the planet, rings and major moons.
Voyager 2 begins long-range Saturn observations ahead of its August encounter.
Voyager 2 observations map fast zonal winds and persistent atmospheric features on Saturn.
Voyager 2 imagery resolves numerous narrow ringlets and changing structures within Saturn's rings.
Interprets Voyager observations of Saturn's moons and ring environment.
Studies Voyager observations of strange spoke-like markings in Saturn's rings.
Uses Voyager 2 imagery to examine fine structure in Saturn's rings.
Voyager 2 flies past Saturn and extends studies of the planet, rings and moons.
Provenance
These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match United States of America and Saturn. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.
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